新标准初中英语八年级(上):UNIT2 Christmas stories

[00:00.00]Christmas trees
[00:02.31]The first Christmas tree probably¹ started
[00:05.32]about 400 years ago in Germany².
[00:09.64]Around that time,people began to put whole³
[00:13.28]trees into their homes at Christmas.
[00:16.97]They put apples,sweets and coloured paper
[00:20.64]on the trees to make them look pretty.
[00:24.32]They also put candles on the trees
[00:27.55]to make them look beautiful at night.
[00:31.03]Then,in 1860,Queen⁴ Victoria,the Queen of
[00:35.48]England,had a Christmas tree in her home
[00:39.46]for Christmas.
[00:41.07]After that,many people in England wanted
[00:44.75]to have Christmas trees in their homes,too.
[00:49.27]A few⁵ years later,Christmas trees
[00:52.36]also became⁶ popular⁷ in the USA.
[00:52.36]

1 probably   

adv.大概，或许，很可能

参考例句：

• Next year I shall probably be looking for a job. 明年我很可能找份工作。
• We're going on holiday soon,probably next month.我们很快要去度假了，可能是下个月。

2 Germany   

n.德国

参考例句：

• Germany and France are European countries.德国和法国是欧洲国家。
• I was watching the England Germany football match on TV.我在电视里看英德足球赛。

3 whole   

adj.整整的；全部的；完整的

参考例句：

• It snowed for two whole days.雪下了整整两天。
• The whole village was sleeping.整个村庄一片寂静。

4 queen   

n.女王，皇后；(纸牌、国际象棋中的)王后

参考例句：

• She sounds like a queen!她听起来像是一个王后！
• The evil queen is very angry.邪恶的皇后非常生气。

5 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

6 became   

v.(become的过去式)成为

参考例句：

• He became a doctor at the age of 27.他27岁时成了一名医生。
• He became a millionaire when he was still young.他还年轻时就成了百万富翁。

7 popular   

adj.受欢迎的；流行的；通俗的

参考例句：

• " Mary " is a very popular name for a girl.“ 玛丽 ”是个很常见的女孩名字。
• He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.他喜欢踢足球和唱流行歌曲。